a slight convexity in the shaft of a column; compensates for the illusion of concavity that viewers experience when the sides are perfectly straight
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entasis::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | convex shape, convexity |
Examples of entasis
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The Ionic order is also marked by an entasis, a curved tapering in the column shaft.
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Parthenon's columns were not Egyptian copy or entasis, straightly speaking.
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In the Hellenistic period some columns with entasis are cylindrical in their lower parts.
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The columns have pronounced entasis and the capitals are large and wide.
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In architecture, entasis is the application of a convex curve to a surface for aesthetic purposes.
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Curvature and entasis occur from the mid 6th century BC onwards.
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Slight swelling of the column is known as entasis.
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The temple lacks some optical refinements found in the Parthenon, such as a subtly curved floor, though the columns have entasis.
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They may be filleted, with rods nestled within the hollow flutes, or stop-fluted, with the rods rising a third of the way, to where the entasis begins.
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- A slight convexity in the shaft of a column; compensates for the illusion of concavity that viewers experience when the sides are perfectly straight
- In architecture, entasis is the application of a convex curve to a surface for aesthetic purposes. Its best-known use is in certain orders of Classical columns that curve slightly as their diameter is decreased from the bottom upwards. ...
- (Entatic) In biochemistry, an entatic state is "a state of an atom or group which, due to its binding in a protein, has its geometric or electronic condition adapted for function." The term was coined by Vallee and Williams, based on the "rack mechanism" of Malmstrom. ...
- In classical architecture, the slight swelling or bulge in the center of a column, which corrects the illusion of concave tapering produced by parallel straight lines.
- A subtle curvature of a line, usually vertical, that represents a compression stress of gravity on an architectural column, causing the column to swell outwards at its middle; or, in type, a similar curve that swells inward as if the stroke were stretched end from end.
- Slight convex curve given to the profile of columns (particularly Greek) and sometimes in horizontals.
- Architectural term for the slight bulge 1/3 of the way up each column of the Parthenon.
- The very slight swelling on Classical columns, to correct the optical illusion of concavity resulting if the sides are straight.
- The curve resulting from the gradual diminishing in the diameter of the upper two-thirds of a column.
